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• Sound City Liverpool 2023 announces headliner Maisie Peters among first wave of acts

  27-10-2022 23:45 via nme.com
  Sound City Liverpool has announced its first wave of acts for its 2023 edition, with Maisie Peters topping the bill.READ MORE: From the archives – Rising artists from Liverpool that you can’t afford to ignoreThe event returns April 28-30, 2023, with gigs held at various venues across the north west city and the Sound City+ Conference taking place on day one.
  Peters is set to headline, with other performances coming from Courting, The Goa Express, Opus Kink, Beren Olivia, Delights, Fi
  
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• Taylor Swift Forced to Minimize Her Disordered Eating Experience Because People Complained

  27-10-2022 23:32 via rollingstone.com
  Swift removed a visual where a scale read “FAT” in her “Anti-Hero” music video. Is her portrayal of her disordered eating really the problem?
  
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• Kanye West claims he lost $2 billion in one day amid antisemitism controversy

  27-10-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Stronger rapper has made a string of divisive and offensive comments about Jewish people on social media and during interviews.
  
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• VNUE Partners with Kokku for VNUE Festival Experience in Roblox, NASDAQ Listing ‘Coming Soon’

  27-10-2022 23:21 via digitalmusicnews.com
  VNUE has partnered with Kokku to build a continuous VNUE Festival and multi-stage experience in Roblox. Kokku is one of South America’s largest gaming and entertainment co-development firms. It will bring the VNUE festival to Roblox’s 50 million active users in Q1 2023 as part of Phase One of VNUE’s plans to develop a simple, […]
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• Mötley Crüe 'accept' Mick Mars' decision to retire

  27-10-2022 23:19 via music-news.com
  
  Mötley Crüe have "accepted" Mick Mars' decision to retire from touring and reveal that John 5 will step into his shoes on tour.
  
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• Motley Crue Guitarist Mick Mars Retires From Touring

  27-10-2022 23:10 via rollingstone.com
  John 5, guitarist for Rob Zombie, set to replace him as band soldiers on
  
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• Mogwai to reissue first two albums, ‘Mogwai Young Team’ and ‘Come On Die Young’

  27-10-2022 23:07 via nme.com
  Mogwai are reissuing their 1997 debut album ‘Mogwai Young Team’ and its 1999 follow-up ‘Come On Die Young’ to celebrate 25 years since their first album release.READ MORE: Mogwai’s advice to new bands: “Get a good mask and an Irish granny”The Scottish post-rockers’ reissued albums will arrive on February 10, 2023 via Chemikal Underground Records on coloured vinyl, with the remastered ‘Mogwai Young Team’ also being released on CD an
  
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• Brockhampton Reveal Their Final Album ‘The Family’

  27-10-2022 22:33 via rollingstone.com
  Nearly a year after announcing plans to disband, the group's last LP arrives Nov. 17
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion announces free show at intimate Los Angeles venue

  27-10-2022 22:28 via nme.com
  Megan Thee Stallion has shared details of a free gig at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre.READ MORE: Megan Thee Stallion live at Reading Festival 2022: A joyful dose of ‘real hot girl shit’The rapper will perform at the intimate venue on November 11 as part of the Apple Music Live series. Fans aged 16 and older in the LA area can register for free tickets here on a first come, first serve basis for a chance to see Megan perform.
  The recorded performance will later be made availab
  
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• Chappell Roan Is the Independent ‘Thrift Store Pop Star’ Ready to Take Over the World

  27-10-2022 22:00 via rollingstone.com
  After releasing back-to-back pop bangers this year, the Missouri native is preparing to drop “Casual,” which is already going viral on TikTok.
  
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• Listen to Horsegirl’s cover of Minutemen’s “punk manifesto” ‘History Lesson Part 2’

  27-10-2022 21:50 via nme.com
  Horsegirl have released a cover of American punk band Minutemen’s ‘History Lesson Part 2’ – listen below.READ MORE: Horsegirl: Chicago gang making boldly idiosyncratic noise-rockThe Chicago band, who released their debut album ‘Versions Of Modern Performance’ earlier this year, made the track available digitally for the first time today (October 27).
  “‘History Lesson Part 2’ has always been a punk manifesto for us,” said Horsegirl
  
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• Peloton Tells Members It Won’t Play Kanye West Music in New Classes

  27-10-2022 21:32 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Peloton says it has ‘indefinitely paused’ playing Kanye West music during its workout classes. A Peloton fansite says the company is telling concerned members that instructors will no longer play the rapper’s music in ‘newly produced classes.’ It is also no longer recommending previously produced workouts that feature Kanye West’s music. The company told users […]
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• Adele planning to study for university degree

  27-10-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Adele won't physically attend university but will take up an online course and hire a tutor.
  
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• Kalush Orchestra meet Arnold Schwarzenegger in LA

  27-10-2022 20:57 via nme.com
  Kalush Orchestra met up with actor and former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger while on tour in North America – see photos below.READ MORE: Kalush Orchestra: “It’s amazing that we can perform our music at Glastonbury”The Eurovision 2022 winners were invited by Schwarzenegger to his home in LA, where they were greeted by the actor and his pet donkey, Lulu.
  While there, the band spoke to Schwarzenegger about the current situation in Ukraine and thanked
  
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• Watch Jin Rehearse His New Single ‘The Astronaut’ With Coldplay Ahead of Argentina Show

  27-10-2022 20:43 via rollingstone.com
  "Thank you so much for working so closely on this song with me, and listening to my opinions every step of the way," Jin wrote Chris Martin
  
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• Watch BTS‘ Jin Rehearse His New Single ’The Astronaut’ With Coldplay Ahead of Argentina Show

  27-10-2022 20:43 via rollingstone.com
  "Thank you so much for working so closely on this song with me, and listening to my opinions every step of the way," Jin wrote Chris Martin
  
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• Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Confirms 2023 Price Increase Plans Following Apple Music Raises

  27-10-2022 20:40 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Days after Apple Music raised the cost of its individual plan in markets including the U.S., Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has confirmed that his platform will likely roll out a price increase of its own in 2023. The Helsing investor Ek, who just recently disclosed that Spotify doesn’t intend to pull Kanye West’s music, alluded […]
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• Spotify Stock Plunges More Than 15% Following Q3 Financial Report

  27-10-2022 20:24 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Despite growth in subscribers, MAUs, and revenues, SPOT stock is headed in a downward trend following the company’s Q3 financial report. Shares have tanked more than 15% in two trading sessions following the company’s Q3 earnings call. Spotify bumped its premium subscribers 13% to 195 million, while its monthly average users (MAUs) jumped 20% to […]
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• Spotify Stock Plunges More Than 13% Following Q3 Financial Report

  27-10-2022 20:24 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Despite growth in subscribers, MAUs, and revenues, SPOT stock is headed in a downward trend following the company’s Q3 financial report.  Spotify bumped its premium subscribers 13% to 195 million, while its monthly average users (MAUs) jumped 20% to 456 million. Ad-supported revenues for Spotify jumped 19% year-over-year to $383 million, while its premium revenues […]
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• Parklife festival announces 2023 dates with early bird ticket information

  27-10-2022 20:16 via nme.com
  Parklife festival has confirmed the dates for its 2023 edition along with information about early bird ticket sales.READ MORE: From the archives: Frank Ocean’s Parklife set – and first UK Show of 2017 – was a visually-arresting, Brad Pitt-repping triumphThe event, dubbed the UK’s “biggest metropolitan festival”, will be held at Manchester’s Heaton Park on June 10-11, 2023.
  Today (October 27), festival organisers have unleashed the first early bird ticket
  
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• Paramore add extra London date to 2023 UK and Ireland tour

  27-10-2022 19:41 via nme.com
  Paramore have added a London date to their spring 2023 UK and Ireland tour.READ MORE: Paramore’s ‘This Is Why’ is a snarling, defiant middle finger to the hatersThe tour, which was announced earlier this month, is in support of the band’s sixth album ‘This Is Why’ (released on February 10, 2023).
  Kicking off in Dublin on April 13, the tour stops in Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester, London and Birmingham, with an extra show at London’s O2 now added for A
  
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• The Lathums announce new album ‘From Nothing To A Little Bit More’, share single ‘Say My Name’

  27-10-2022 19:38 via nme.com
  The Lathums have shared details about their second album ‘From Nothing To A Little Bit More’ alongside the release of new single ‘Say My Name’ and new UK tour dates.READ MORE: The Lathums – indie hedonism from Wigan’s working class heroesThe wigan indie rockers will release ‘From Nothing To A Little Bit More’ on February 24, 2023 via Island.
  It’s the follow-up to their debut album, ‘How Beautiful Life Can Be‘, which debuted at Num
  
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• Brockhampton announce new album ‘The Family’

  27-10-2022 19:08 via nme.com
  Brockhampton have announced new album called ‘The Family’.READ MORE: Brockhampton live in London: a fitting farewell from the trailblazing boybandEarlier this month Brockhampton leader Kevin Abstract reassured the group’s followers that a new album was on the way and will be released before the end of 2022.
  Now, the group have confirmed that ‘The Family’ will arrive on November 17 via Question Everything/RCA Records – pre-order/pre-save here.
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• How When We Were Young went from “emo fyre-fest” to a euphoric pop-punk party

  27-10-2022 18:58 via nme.com
  On Saturday, October 22, as fans from around the world queued outside of the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, outfitted in their best emo-inspired outfits and ready for the first day of the sold-out When We Were Young music festival, bad news started to spread. According to multiple reports, high-speed wind gusts threatened to shut down outdoor events in Sin City, and not long after those reports started to surface, would-be attendees received an alert on their festival app.
  “When We Were Young
  
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• U2’s Bono believes his voice “opened up” after losing his father: “There’s a physiological reason”

  27-10-2022 18:56 via nme.com
  Bono has spoken about how his voice changed after losing his father.READ MORE: U2’s top 10 best albums – rankedThe U2 singer, who has been promoting his new memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story (out November 1), has said in a new interview that he believes his voice opened up after his father, Bob Hewson, died from cancer in 2000.
  Bono, whose real name is Paul Hewson, told NPR this week that the loss of his father, whom he had a tumultuous relationship with, actually chang
  
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• Harry Styles Transforms Into a Brawny Merman — Complete With a Tail! — in ‘Music for a Sushi Restuarant’ Visual

  27-10-2022 18:41 via rollingstone.com
  Warning: if you aren't into sushi ASMR, this music video might be hard to watch.
  
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• Watch Harry Styles as a glitzy merman in video for ‘Music For A Sushi Restaurant’

  27-10-2022 18:36 via nme.com
  Harry Styles has released the official video for his latest single ‘Music For A Sushi Restaurant’ – watch below.READ MORE: Harry Styles – ‘Harry’s House’ review: grounded star finds home is where the heart isThe clip was announced yesterday (October 26) via a post on the Harry Styles HQ Instagram account, which confirmed that the single’s accompanying visuals would arrive today (October 27). A still from the clip showed a topless Styles sporti
  
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• Green Day and Eddie Vedder to headline baseball-themed Innings Festival

  27-10-2022 18:16 via nme.com
  Green Day and Eddie Vedder have been announced as the headliners at the baseball-themed Innings Festival in Arizona next February.READ MORE: The Big Read – Green Day: “We live our lives as if we have nothing”The two-day festival is set to take place on February 25-26, 2023, where Green Day will headline on Saturday. Weezer, The Black Crowes, The Offspring, The Pretty Reckless, Paris Jackson and more also feature on the bill.
  Eddie Vedder will close out the Sunday, alongsid
  
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• Alex Turner says he was “pretty happy” with the reaction to Arctic Monkeys’ ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’

  27-10-2022 18:03 via nme.com
  Alex Turner has reflected in a new interview with NME on the reaction to Arctic Monkeys’ 2018 album ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’.READ MORE: Arctic Monkeys: “We know more tricks now, but we’re still rolling on that same instinct”The singer and guitarist was speaking to NME about the band’s new album ‘The Car’ as well as the enduring popularity of their songs ‘505’ and ‘A Certain Romance’, for the latest NM
  
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• Panic! At The Disco to release “sped up” and “slowed down” versions of ‘House Of Memories’

  27-10-2022 17:35 via nme.com
  Panic! At The Disco are releasing a couple of new versions of their 2016 song ‘House Of Memories’.READ MORE: Panic! At The Disco – ‘Viva Las Vengeance’ review: pretty odd jukebox rock‘n’rollThe band have responded to the song going viral earlier this year on TikTok, as Kerrang! reports, by sharing an official “sped up” and “sped down” version of the track taken from their fifth album, 2016’s ‘Death Of A Bachelor‘
  
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• Two Door Cinema Club to headline Live At Leeds: In The Park 2023

  27-10-2022 17:15 via nme.com
  Two Door Cinema Club have been announced as the headliners of Live At Leeds: In The Park 2023.
  The one-day festival is set to return to Temple Newsam on May 27, 2023 following its inaugural edition in 2022, which featured performances from the likes of Bombay Bicycle Club, The Vaccines and Arlo Parks.READ MORE: Two Door Cinema Club – ‘Keep On Smiling’ review: buoyant indie with occasional stumblesTwo Door Cinema Club lead the new additions for Live At Leeds: In The Park 20
  
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• Selena Gomez on coping with bipolar disorder: “The more you learn about it, the less you’re going to be afraid”

  27-10-2022 17:15 via nme.com
  Selena Gomez has opened up about living with bipolar disorder, saying that she has to take it “day by day”.
  Speaking in a new preview of her upcoming documentary My Mind & Me, the pop singer shared how she has learned to live with her diagnosis.READ MORE: Selena Gomez – ‘Rare’: the quietly confident star wrestles back her own narrative“When I first got out, I didn’t know how I’d cope with my diagnosis,” Gomez said.
  “What if it
  
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• Meet Giovannie and the Hired Guns, the Mexican-American Band Signed to a Country Label Playing 2000s Pop-Punk

  27-10-2022 17:06 via rollingstone.com
  With songs about Xanax addiction, low self-esteem, and the norteño singer Ramon Ayala, the guitar-and-tuba group is blending not just genres but cultures
  
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• Kanye West Returns to Instagram to Declare He Lost ‘$2 Billion in One Day’

  27-10-2022 17:02 via rollingstone.com
  "And I'm still alive," rapper proclaims in return to social media following restrictions
  
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• In His New Book, Dylan Is an Unexpected Music Critic, And A Master Gaslighter

  27-10-2022 16:58 via rollingstone.com
  In 'The Philosophy of Modern Song,' rock's greatest songwriter has more than just tunes on his mind.
  
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• Kanye West says he lost $2billion in one day: “The money is not who I am”

  27-10-2022 16:51 via nme.com
  Kanye West has responded to having several of his major partnerships dropped in recent weeks in the wake of his anti-Semitic comments.READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return?The rapper and entrepreneur has seen fashion deals with Adidas and Balenciaga terminated – as well as partnerships with the talent agency Creative Arts Agency (CAA) and Hollywood production company and financiers, MRC – pulled in response
  
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• The world’s three largest music publishers now control over 10million tracks

  27-10-2022 16:29 via nme.com
  The world’s three biggest music publishers now reportedly own or control over 10million songs between them.
  According to statistics from Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group and Warner Chappell Music, the three music publishing companies now own or administer a cumulative 10million songs.
  As reported by Music Business World, the numbers have been revealed in investor filings from each parent company of the aforementioned major publishers. The report does note, however, t
  
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• Alabama Shakes announce 10th anniversary reissue of ‘Boys & Girls’

  27-10-2022 16:22 via nme.com
  Alabama Shakes have announced a special 10th anniversary reissue of their debut album ‘Boys & Girls’.
  Originally released on April 9, 2012, ‘Boys & Girls’ entered Billboard’s Independent Albums Chart at number one. It later attained Platinum certification and earned the band multiple Grammy nominations.READ MORE: Brittany Howard on how her late sister Jaime inspired her powerful solo album: “I feel like we did it together”Alabama Shakes will now
  
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• Drake and 21 Savage Push Back ‘Her Loss’ Release Date After Producer Contracts Covid

  27-10-2022 16:13 via rollingstone.com
  “Our brother [Noah “40” Shebib] got Covid in the middle of mixing and mastering the crack,” Drake wrote on Instagram. “He’s resting up and we are dropping November 4th.”
  
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• Kendrick Lamar made a last-minute change to ‘Good Kid, M.A.A.d City’, says TDE’s Punch

  27-10-2022 16:02 via nme.com
  Kendrick Lamar made a last-minute change to his 2012 track ‘M.A.A.D City’ prior to its release, according to TDE’s Punch.
  The song appears on Lamar’s second studio album ‘Good Kid, M.A.A.d City’, which came out a decade ago.READ MORE: Kendrick Lamar live at Glastonbury 2022: thought-provoking rapper takes the Pyramid StageAs HipHop DX reports, Top Dawg Entertainment President Terrence “Punch” Henderson shared some details about the record on T
  
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• ‘Live Free and Stay Lit’: Killer Mike Drops New Solo Single ‘Talk’n That Shit’

  27-10-2022 15:51 via rollingstone.com
  "I wanted show the freedom and beauty in being able to turn up in spite of all the fuck-shit," Run the Jewels rapper says of second solo song of 2022
  
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• Sheryl Crow recalls “awful” Woodstock ’99: “It was debauched right from the beginning”

  27-10-2022 15:31 via nme.com
  Sheryl Crow has reflected on her “awful” experience at Woodstock ’99, recalling the moment that forced her to cut her performance short.
  The recent three-part Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 revealed details of the chaotic three days of looting, arson and sexual assault that ensued at the third incarnation of the legendary festival.READ MORE: “Down with Profitstock!”: Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 shows festivals at their exploitative
  
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• Jarvis Cocker appears to tease “big” Pulp announcement

  27-10-2022 15:21 via nme.com
  Jarvis Cocker has teased a “big announcement”, suggesting that Pulp could be set to share details of their 2023 reunion shows.
  Over the summer, Cocker confirmed that the band would be hitting the road next year for their first gigs together since 2012. Later, Pulp drummer Nick Banks told fans to “stay calm, hug your Pulp records and dream of going mental sometime in 2023”.READ MORE: JARV IS live at Glastonbury 2022: forward-looking set proves nostalgia doesn’t
  
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• The 100 Best Drake Songs

  27-10-2022 15:04 via rollingstone.com
  The 6 God's finest moments, from global club smashes to somber late-night confessionals, from killer freestyles to legendary collabs, and beyond.
  
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• Yungblud and Roger Daltrey on Saying ‘No Fucking Way’ to ‘The Voice’ and Why Oasis Should Reunite

  27-10-2022 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  The new face of British pop rock and the legendary Who frontman spent an afternoon discussing social media, ego, and why pink socks and parkas make for good fashion
  
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• Halsey teases new ‘Room 93’-related project with cryptic post

  27-10-2022 14:37 via nme.com
  Halsey has teased a ‘Room 93’-related new project on social media – check out the post below.
  ‘Room 93’, the singer’s debut EP, arrived back in 2014 ahead of her first studio record ‘Badlands’ the following year.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Halsey: “I’ve always been driven to reinvent myself and reinvent my genre”Taking to Instagram Stories last night (October 26), Halsey shared a cryptic image of a ‘Room 93
  
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• Noel Gallagher on The Beatles’ cultural power: “They’re a level above”

  27-10-2022 14:25 via nme.com
  Noel Gallagher has spoken in a new interview about The Beatles’ enduring cultural power, saying that the legendary band still remain “a level above”.
  The former Oasis guitarist was speaking about the band as part of Revolver Radio with Matt Wilkinson, a new Apple Music series which is celebrating the new reissue of The Beatles’ 1966 album ‘Revolver’.READ MORE: The Beatles’ game-changing ‘Revolver’: inside the remixed release with Giles Martin
  
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• Sam Fender’s brother Liam teases hopeful debut single ‘Love Will Conquer’: “It’s all for the taking”

  27-10-2022 14:00 via nme.com
  Sam Fender’s older brother Liam has teased his hopeful debut single ‘Love Will Conquer’ and confirmed a headline show at Newcastle’s Riverside. Check out our interview with Fender below, alongside an exclusive snippet of the track.READ MORE: Sam Fender live in Newcastle: a euphoric homecoming for the Toon’s finest‘Love Will Conquer’ will be released tomorrow (October 28) and is the first proper release from Liam Fender. “It’s been a long time
  
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• Late drummer Charlie Watts will feature on new Rolling Stones album

  27-10-2022 13:54 via music-news.com
  
  Ronnie Wood has revealed that late drummer Charlie Watts will feature on the new Rolling Stones album coming out in 2023.
  
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• SZA confirms new single ‘Shirt’ is coming this week

  27-10-2022 13:45 via nme.com
  SZA has confirmed that her new single ‘Shirt’ is arriving tomorrow (October 28).
  During her show at Austin City Limits earlier this month, the singer revealed that an official video for the long-awaited single, which she debuted during a livestream show last year, was also ready to go and would be released soon.
  SZA has now confirmed on Instagram that the song will released at 9pm PST today (Friday 5am BST) while also sharing a teaser of the accompanying short film, directed by Dave
  
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